“Rewilding” advocates will say anything to get wolves into your state. They’ll promise to compensate ranchers who suffer losses when the animals tear into their herds. They’ll promise that the packs will be responsibly managed once the benchmarks of a reintroduction program have been met.
But don’t trust a word they say.
Experience shows that they’ll eventually rig the rules to favor wolves and disadvantage ranchers. It’s the kind of bait-and-switch for which the Green Lobby is notorious.
Instead of applauding yet another success of the Endangered Species Act in providing for the recovery of the previously threatened Gray Wolf population in the lower-48 states, many environmental organizations and tribes are decrying the delisting of the species. On Thursday, U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced the delisting of the species, calling it a…
We hit the trail to learn what it takes to move cattle across Wyoming’s grizzly country
When did merit cease to serve as the primary basis for political or professional advancement in this supposedly colorblind, “gender-neutral,” equality-oriented society? I of course recognize “diversity” (however one defines it) as a worthy goal, broadly speaking. But it amazes and troubles me to see “diversity” totally eclipsing all other considerations in so many aspects of contemporary life. We saw this most recently in the confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.…
Albert Sommers looks grim—and not just because he’s standing in the pre-dawn dark and cold, restless horse in hand, with a very long day of gathering and sorting cattle ahead of him. It’s something else that’s making him somber.
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